A review by lizanneinkan
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae

3.0

Entertaining read (or listen). As an awkward person, I expected a lot more awkward in this confident, successful voice. Growing up in a variety of places -- MD, CA, Senegal--Issa has some difficulty gaining social traction as a kid. By young adulthood, though, she's successful and has found the man who may be her longtime love. My favorite anecdotes are the ones where she lies, i.e. claiming to own all the ratchet music her friends like. Most of this seems pretty run-of-the-mill millennial memoir (say that fast).